The Ralph Bakshi version of LOTR certainly has its moments. I actually liked the rotoscoping they used (this is the process of filming real people and then inking over the photos frame by frame to create what looks like a cross between animation and live action). I watched it a couple of years ago when Fellowship came out. I thought it was no more or less true to the books than Peter Jackson's versions.
Unfortunately they ran out of cash and had to end it after Helm's Deep.
As for the drek that is Return of the King... I agree it is best left forgotten...
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